The 2012
National Invitation Tournament
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was a single-elimination tournament of 32
NCAA Division I
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teams that were not selected to participate in the
2012 NCAA tournament. The annual tournament began on March 13 on campus sites and ended on March 29 at
Madison Square Garden
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. Stanford defeated Minnesota in the final game, by a score of 75–51 to become NIT champions for second time (first since 1991).
Participants
Automatic qualifiers
The following teams were automatic qualifiers for the 2012 NIT field by virtue of winning their conferences' regular season championship but failing to win their conference tournament. These teams also did not receive an at-large bid for the NCAA tournament.
Seeds
Bracket
Played on the home court of the higher-seeded team except #7 seed Iowa hosts #2 seed Dayton since Dayton is the host of the NCAA First Four and cannot host a first-round NIT game.
Semifinals and final
Played at
Madison Square Garden
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in
New York City
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on March 27 and March 29
See also
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2012 Women's National Invitation Tournament
The 2012 Women's National Invitation Tournament (WNIT) was a single-elimination tournament of 64 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I teams that did not participate in the 2012 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament. ...
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2012 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
The 2012 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament involved 68 teams playing in a single-elimination tournament that determined the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I men's basketball national champion for the 2011-12 ...
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2012 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament
The 2012 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament involved 64 schools playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division II college basketball as a culmination of the 2011–12 ba ...
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2012 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament
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2012 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament
The 2012 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament began March 17 and concluded April 3, 2012. The Final Four was played at Pepsi Center in Denver. For only the second time in history, and the first time since 1989, all four of the number on ...
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2012 NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament
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2012 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament
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2012 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament
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2012 NAIA Division II men's basketball tournament
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2012 NAIA Division I women's basketball tournament
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2012 NAIA Division II women's basketball tournament
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2012 College Basketball Invitational
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2012 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament
References
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